I knit. Lots. And design knitting patterns. Obsessed, really.
(Also: genealogy, linguistics, SCA, and other general geekery. You have been warned.)
She/her.
Dec 18, 2022 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Inspired by some of the "crimes against the #fibreArts" images from @carriecraftgeek 's Livemas 3 today, I present:
"If media treated traditionally male activities with the same ignorance and lack of research as they do crafts; a thread:"
"Isn't this accessibility thing just a conspiracy among white supremacist types who are ticked off that Ravelry banned support of Trump to make the site a safe space?" - a thread:
See also, related:
"Isn't #RavelryAccessibility fixed now? Because doesn't @ravelry know a lot about accessibility? And anyway, can't everyone just use a Stylish skin or something?" - a thread in multiple parts.
Short answer: No, no, and no.
Long answer (VERY long answer, actually - sorry!): #NuRav had a bunch of different problems when it first launched. Some of them were improved or fixed. But many - including the ones which cause physical harm - were not.
Aug 8, 2020 • 41 tweets • 8 min read
A followup on this retweet of mine, about an open letter from designers to @ravelry.
1. Hire an outside consultant, with no personal investment in the outcome, for feedback on web accessibility. There was an emphasis here that inaccessible user surveys will not give them the information that such a consultant will.
Jul 24, 2020 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
On the topic of financial accessibility in knitting, here's a thread with some tricks for knitting on the cheap that I've picked up over the years, paired with links to higher-priced products from small businesses, for those who do have the money to spend. #NoShame#SkintVsMint
Stitch markers
SKINT: There are tons of things you can use, e.g.
- cross-sections of straws
- your kids' old Rainbow Loom elastics
- safety pins
- slip knots in scrap bits of yarn
(Because this thread is nervous-making for me to write.)
I want to talk cold, hard numbers about what #designers make, because it looks like there are some huge misconceptions floating around out there in the #knitting world.
There is currently a kerfuffle on IG, which has spilled over into Twitter, about the financial accessibility of yarn, because a knitter went to purchase the recommended yarn for the pattern she wanted to make and it was a ghastly high total.
Jul 8, 2020 • 25 tweets • 6 min read
I'm so angry that @ravelry is still trying to sweep their #RavelryAccessibility mess under the rug. By all appearances, it looks like they're banking on the fact that the majority of their audience won't know or care why this is so problematic.
So, in an attempt to combat that dependency, I'm going to talk about why accessibility is important, and why you should care about it, even if you're not disabled, even if you don't think you'll ever be disabled, and even if you don't care much about the needs of the disabled.
Jun 27, 2020 • 34 tweets • 12 min read
@ravelry The more I read this, the worse it sounds. This is also a one-two gut punch to people with disabilities: framing the staff as hard-working heroes who want to make things accessible but it's rllyrlly tough...
@ravelry ...While simultaneously implying to the unaware, non-disabled audience that the complaints are unreasonable because look how amazing everyone else thinks the new site is.
